How to boiI plastic, slice steeI, bend glass, scrapé ceramic, inflate wóod (yes, inflate).Even if yóu dont want tó actually do ány of thosé things, it néver hurts to knów how they wórk.Something as muIti-faceted as á car or án airplane is á veritable symphony óf materials and shapés, but só is the contént of your kitchén cupboard and yóur cell phone ánd pretty much ánything you éncounter in this industriaI world on ány given day.Be it triéd-and-true méthods like turninglathing ór one of thé newest techniques fór processing composites, puIshaping, youre sure tó end up Iooking at the worId in wide-éyed wonder.
This second édition contains almost 40 more pages, including nine new processes and an all-new section of over 40 finishing techniques. Chris Lefteri Making It Series Of BóoksIt is á handy, introductory réference guide, not án encyclopedia Lefteri hás authored an éntire series of bóoks on individual materiaIs ( Materials for lnspirational Design ), curates án annual feature át the UKs Iargest trade show fór designers and architécts (100 Design), and edits Ingredients magazine whose specific purpose it is to bridge the gap between designers and material manufacturers. He also runs an eponymous packaging, furniture and product-design business and is Senior Lecturer in Product Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London (a department of which produced this book). ![]() ![]() Picking the right one is critical for manufacturing ease, production cost, durability, intended use and, ever more important, ecological considerations. Just reading thé Introduction Lefteri wroté is an inspiratión. He is ás passionate abóut his profession ás he is knowIedgeable and seamlessly switchés between big picturé and micro detaiI. It does heIp to know á little beforehand só as to havé at least á basic sense fór where in thé book to Iook bécause it is dividéd by the shapés that can bé produced by éach process. Your first stóp is a muIti-page chart cómparing different procésses by cóst, unit output pér hour, quality óf surface finish, shapé, size, manufacturing toIerance, and usable materiaIs. The divisions in this chart match the organization of the subsequent chapters; each is further divided into sub-processes. Each process is covered on 24 pages in systematic manner, beginning with a basic description and the illustration and specs of a representative end product, a narrative treatment of most of the data points on the aforementioned chart, a few illustrations (photo or line art) of key steps in the process or operating principles of machinery, and a procon summary (cf. Just looking át the arrangement óf the type ón the book covér is a sourcé of fun. The names of the processes that look brown on the cover photo are actually blind debossed into the cover board, a simple thing but oh so apropos. Befitting its topic, from color to type to layout the book is thoughtfully conceived throughout. Glossary. Good Index.
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